pressure on Belsat

For the protest he was covering

The journalist was detained on September 14 along with his colleague Maryna Drabysheuskaya.

Fines and arrests have long been the everyday for Belsat TV journalists. It is not uncommon that the heat is turned up in the course of election campaigns. However, this year., the Belarusian authorities seem to outdo themselves.

Halina Abakunchyk was accused of working for foreign media without accreditation.